Good! I will come out! (SIGNE goes into
the house as TJAELDE comes out. SANNAES comes in a moment later.)
Tjaelde and Mrs. Tjaelde. Welcome!
Sannaes. Thank you! (Lays down his dust-coat and driving gloves on
a chair, and comes forward.)
Tjaelde. Well?
Sannaes. Yes--your bankruptcy is discharged!
Mrs. Tjaelde. And the result was--?
Sannaes. Just about what we expected.
Tjaelde. And, I suppose, just about what Mr. Berent wrote?
Sannaes. Just about, except for one or two inconsiderable trifles.
You can see for yourself. (Gives him a bundle of papers.) The high
prices that have ruled of late, and good management, have altered
the whole situation.
Tjaelde (who has opened the papers and glanced at the totals). A
deficit of L12,000.
Sannaes. I made a declaration on your behalf, that you intended to
try and repay that sum, but that you should be at liberty to do it
in whatever way you found best. And so--
Tjaelde. And so--?
Sannaes. --I proferred on the spot rather more than half the amount
you still owed Jakobsen.
Mrs. Tjaelde. Not really? (TJAELDE takes out a pencil and begins
making calculations on the margins of the papers.)
Sannaes. There was general satisfaction--and they all sent you
their cordial congratulations.
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